DEREK MAGYAR

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that's a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.

I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that's a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my first film. It doesn't matter what you know in your head and what you've been taught until you're there and doing it; it's a whole new ball game.

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.